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Khampang S, Cho IK, Punyawai K, Gill B, Langmo JN, Nath S, Greeson KW, Symosko KM, Fowler KL, Tian S, Statz JP, Steves AN, Parnpai R, White MA, Hennebold JD, Orwig KE, Simerly CR, Schatten G, Easley CA. Blastocyst development after fertilization with in vitro spermatids derived from nonhuman primate embryonic stem cells. F&S SCIENCE 2021; 2:365-375. [PMID: 34970648 PMCID: PMC8716017 DOI: 10.1016/j.xfss.2021.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To demonstrate that functional spermatids can be derived in vitro from nonhuman primate pluripotent stem cells. DESIGN Green fluorescent protein-labeled, rhesus macaque nonhuman primate embryonic stem cells (nhpESCs) were differentiated into advanced male germ cell lineages using a modified serum-free spermatogonial stem cell culture medium. In vitro-derived round spermatid-like cells (rSLCs) from differentiated nhpESCs were assessed for their ability to fertilize rhesus oocytes by intracytoplasmic sperm(atid) injection. SETTING Multiple academic laboratory settings. PATIENTS Not applicable. INTERVENTIONS Intracytoplasmic sperm(atid) injection of in vitro-derived spermatids from nhpESCs into rhesus macaque oocytes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Differentiation into spermatogenic cell lineages was measured through multiple assessments including ribonucleic acid sequencing and immunocytochemistry for various spermatogenic markers. In vitro spermatids were assessed for their ability to fertilize oocytes by intracytoplasmic sperm(atid) injection by assessing early fertilization events such as spermatid deoxyribonucleic acid decondensation and pronucleus formation/apposition. Preimplantation embryo development from the one-cell zygote stage to the blastocyst stage was also assessed. RESULTS Nonhuman primate embryonic stem cells can be differentiated into advanced germ cell lineages, including haploid rSLCs. These rSLCs undergo deoxyribonucleic acid decondensation and pronucleus formation/apposition when microinjected into rhesus macaque mature oocytes, which, after artificial activation and coinjection of ten-eleven translocation 3 protein, undergo embryonic divisions with approximately 12% developing successfully into expanded blastocysts. CONCLUSIONS This work demonstrates that rSLCs, generated in vitro from primate pluripotent stem cells, mimic many of the capabilities of in vivo round spermatids and perform events essential for preimplantation development. To our knowledge, this work represents, for the first time, that functional spermatid-like cells can be derived in vitro from primate pluripotent stem cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sujittra Khampang
- Division of Neuropharmacology and Neurologic Diseases; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Atlanta, Georgia.,Embryo Technology and Stem Cell Research Center, School of Biotechnology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Division of Neuropharmacology and Neurologic Diseases; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Atlanta, Georgia.,Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia.,Regenerative Bioscience Center; University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia
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- Division of Neuropharmacology and Neurologic Diseases; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia.,Regenerative Bioscience Center; University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia.,Regenerative Bioscience Center; University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia.,Regenerative Bioscience Center; University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia.,Regenerative Bioscience Center; University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia.,Regenerative Bioscience Center; University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia
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- Division of Neuropharmacology and Neurologic Diseases; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Neuropharmacology and Neurologic Diseases; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Atlanta, Georgia.,Regenerative Bioscience Center; University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia
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- Embryo Technology and Stem Cell Research Center, School of Biotechnology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Magee-Womens Research Institute and Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Cell Biology and Bioengineering; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Magee-Womens Research Institute and Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Cell Biology and Bioengineering; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Magee-Womens Research Institute and Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Cell Biology and Bioengineering; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Neuropharmacology and Neurologic Diseases; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Atlanta, Georgia.,Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia.,Regenerative Bioscience Center; University of Georgia; Athens, Georgia
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Simerly C, Manil-Ségalen M, Castro C, Hartnett C, Kong D, Verlhac MH, Loncarek J, Schatten G. Separation and Loss of Centrioles From Primordidal Germ Cells To Mature Oocytes In The Mouse. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12791. [PMID: 30143724 PMCID: PMC6109097 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31222-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Oocytes, including from mammals, lack centrioles, but neither the mechanism by which mature eggs lose their centrioles nor the exact stage at which centrioles are destroyed during oogenesis is known. To answer questions raised by centriole disappearance during oogenesis, using a transgenic mouse expressing GFP-centrin-2 (GFP CETN2), we traced their presence from e11.5 primordial germ cells (PGCs) through oogenesis and their ultimate dissolution in mature oocytes. We show tightly coupled CETN2 doublets in PGCs, oogonia, and pre-pubertal oocytes. Beginning with follicular recruitment of incompetent germinal vesicle (GV) oocytes, through full oocyte maturation, the CETN2 doublets separate within the pericentriolar material (PCM) and a rise in single CETN2 pairs is identified, mostly at meiotic metaphase-I and -II spindle poles. Partial CETN2 foci dissolution occurs even as other centriole markers, like Cep135, a protein necessary for centriole duplication, are maintained at the PCM. Furthermore, live imaging demonstrates that the link between the two centrioles breaks as meiosis resumes and that centriole association with the PCM is progressively lost. Microtubule inhibition shows that centriole dissolution is uncoupled from microtubule dynamics. Thus, centriole doublets, present in early G2-arrested meiotic prophase oocytes, begin partial reduction during follicular recruitment and meiotic resumption, later than previously thought.
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- Calvin Simerly
- Departments of Cell Biology; Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB) Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Equipe labellisée FRM, Paris, France
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- Departments of Cell Biology; Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology; Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, National Institutes of Health/Center for Cancer Research/National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB) Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Equipe labellisée FRM, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, National Institutes of Health/Center for Cancer Research/National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology; Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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Schatten G, Stearns T. Sperm Centrosomes: Kiss Your Asterless Goodbye, for Fertility's Sake. Curr Biol 2016; 25:R1178-81. [PMID: 26702655 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Centrosomes are reduced to their cores in sperm. Emerging molecular explanations for centrosome construction have now helped to elucidate the mechanism of their destruction in sperm. Since centrosome inaccuracies cause aneuploidies responsible for cancers, birth defects and infertility, this new insight into centrosome behavior has broad implications.
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- Gerald Schatten
- Departments of Ob-Gyn-Repro Sci, Cell Biology & Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Departments of Biology & Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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